In affected versions of WordPress, a password reset link emailed to a user does not expire upon changing the user password. Access would be needed to the email account of the user by a malicious party for successful execution. This has been patched in version 5.4.1, along with all the previously affected versions via a minor release (5.3.3, 5.2.6, 5.1.5, 5.0.9, 4.9.14, 4.8.13, 4.7.17, 4.6.18, 4.5.21, 4.4.22, 4.3.23, 4.2.27, 4.1.30, 4.0.30, 3.9.31, 3.8.33, 3.7.33).
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11027
Reference (s):
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-ww7v-jg8c-q6jw
- DEBIAN:DSA-4677
- URL: https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4677
- https://wordpress.org/support/wordpress-version/version-5-4-1/#security-updates
- MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20200511 [SECURITY] [DLA 2208-1] wordpress security update